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American Samoa — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for American Samoa, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
85.20%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -5.7% since 1990
Forest area for American Samoa was 85.20% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 90.35% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.18% per year.
American Samoa ranks 8 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 4%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 47.72%, so American Samoa sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
85.20%
First (1990)
90.35%
Change
-5.7%
Highest
90.35%
in 1990
Lowest
85.20%
in 2023
Average
87.71%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.18%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 85.2% |
| 2022 | 85.35% |
| 2021 | 85.5% |
| 2020 | 85.65% |
| 2019 | 85.8% |
| 2018 | 85.95% |
| 2017 | 86.1% |
| 2016 | 86.25% |
| 2015 | 86.4% |
| 2014 | 86.55% |
| 2013 | 86.7% |
| 2012 | 86.85% |
Reading this correctly. Land under naturally regenerated or planted stands of trees of at least five meters in situ, as a share of total land area. Figures are in % of land area. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.